Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires 2026 Review: Pagliacci & Cavalleria Rusticana

(Credit: Juanjo Bruzza) To launch its 2026 season, the venerable Teatro Colón made a bold programming choice: presenting the quintessential verismo double bill, but with a structural twist. Inverting the traditional performance order, Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” served as the curtain-raiser, followed by Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” effectively kicking off the theater’s seven-title operatic lineup. At first glance, staging these two brief iconic {…}

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The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announces its 2026 season. Opera Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana“ will open the season with a cast that includes Yonghoon Lee, Denis Pivnitsky, Alejandro Roy, María Belén Rivarola, Fabián Veloz, Youngjun Park, Diego Bento, Liudmyla Monastyrska, and Mónica Ferracani. Beatrice Venezi conducts the production by Hugo de Ana. Performance Dates: April 14-24, 2026 Oscar Strasnoy’s “Dementia” will make {…}